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Weekly Roundup 11-20-15: Being Bullish on Being Dovish
Given the dire news of terrorism from Paris, and yes, in Beirut as well, it can feel like war and talk of war is everywhere. Which is why the essay “Impact Investing for Peace?” by Durreen Shahnaz, founder and chairwoman of the Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), in Wharton magazine was a welcome sight for sore eyes. We need to talk more about peace dividends, not just war deficits.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- impact investing
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Wait, Did Facebook Just Build A Kickstarter Competitor?
Facebook’s on a quest to absorb the Internet, and now it looks like it could invade crowdfunding. Today the company released a new Fundraiser product that allows nonprofits to set up a campaign page, show off a video explaining their goal, collect cash, and let people share News Feed posts with buttons so their friends can instantly contribute without clicking to a new page. As is, Facebook’s Fundraising feature could compete with platforms like Crowdrise.
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- Investing, Technology
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- crowdfunding
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Gates Foundation Cuts Fossil Fuel Investments — but Why?
Almost every day for the past several months, protesters gathered outside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Seattle headquarters, exhorting the world’s richest philanthropy to fight climate change by pulling its investments from fossil-fuel companies.
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Wall Street Meets Climate Change With Fossil-Free Exchange-Traded Fund
Investors looking to ditch their stocks in high-carbon U.S. companies can steer their dollars to Etho Capital's soon-to-be-launched, first-of-its-kind investment fund. The fund eschews fossil fuel producers entirely and considers only companies with cleaner-than-average carbon footprints.
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- Environment, Investing
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- North America
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Citi Foundation Announces $20 Million Community Progress Makers Fund
The Citi Foundation announced today the launch of the Community Progress Makers Fund, a $20 million grant initiative to support nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The Fund will provide unrestricted grant funding to help community organizations lead urban transformation efforts that catalyze economic opportunities for low-income households and communities. Core operating support commitments of up to $500,000 each will be available to organizations working in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- philanthropy
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TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie Announces New Fund for Social Good Startups
Speaking to an audience at the NYU's Skirball Center, he announced a new fund—the TOMS Social Entrepreneurship Fund—to help early-stage social startups get off the ground.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Impact and Thematic Investing in Africa – A Cause for Concern
Almost half of all assets under investment in three of Africa's most significant economies are being invested for good in some way - but professional investors still have a long way to go in terms of practice and disclosure.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, research
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A Growing Number of Opportunities for Investors to Create Impact
There is a growing appetite for investment products that focus on impact investing and social responsibility. Just last month, BlackRock announced that it would launch a new mutual fund, the Impact U.S. Equity Fund. According to Reuters the outcomes to be measured are “green innovation, corporate citizenship, high impact disease research, ethics controversies and litigation.”
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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